New York Daily News | Thousands evacuated as monsoon rain floods Pakistan villages New York Daily News ISLAMABAD — Pakistani troops used helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of marooned people from the country's plains where raging monsoon floods inundated more villages Thursday, as the Indian military dropped food for hundreds of thousands ... Pakistan floods: Thousands flee after dyke breached Scale of Flooding Hinders Relief Efforts in India and Pakistan Flooding in Pakistan and India |
ABC News | Major River Overflows, Threatening Pakistan City ABC News Raging monsoon floods across India and Pakistan that have killed more than 450 people poured into the plains of eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, sending a major river over its banks and threatening to force hundreds of thousands from their homes. Anger grows amid flood disaster in Kashmir and Pakistan Death Toll Rises, More Villages Flood Pakistan rushes to protect more cities from floods |
Activists Worry Pakistan's Blasphemy Law Is Being Abused NPR People in Pakistan are accustomed to being cautious about what they say. Islamist extremists tend to kill people whose views upset them. People have to watch out for the country's intelligence agencies, too, and there's one subject Pakistanis are ... |
The Economist (blog) | Floods in India and Pakistan The Economist (blog) THREE factors regularly conspire to bring tragedy to north India and Pakistan, often at this time of year. The Himalayan mountain range is young, steep and unstable: landslides and flash floods are all too common. The summer monsoon reliably delivers ... |
The Diplomat | Demystifying India's Volte-Face on Pakistan The Diplomat India's new government has sprung two back-to-back surprises on Pakistan: the first was inviting Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the second was the about-face on foreign secretary level talks ... |
BBC News | Pakistan Airstrikes Hit Taliban Hideouts, Kill 65 ABC News Pakistan is a key ally of the United States in the war on terror, and local Taliban in a bid to overthrow the government and install their own harsh brand of Islamic law often target the country's security forces, killing tens of thousands of ... Pakistan navy repels militant attack at Karachi dockyard Pakistan Navy Foils Terrorist Attack on Naval Base |
Wall Street Journal | Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State' Wall Street Journal ISLAMABAD—After winning elections by a landslide last year, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quickly moved to emulate another budding Muslim democracy, Turkey, in neutering the army's political might. Now Mr. Sharif is finding out the hard way ... Pakistan and respect for the rule of law do not get along Imran Khan Seeks Explanation About Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's Overseas ... Protests in Pakistan demand end to corruption |
DAWN.com | 'Aalishan Pakistan' goes to India DAWN.com The four-day exhibition named 'Aalishan Pakistan', starting from today (Thursday), would allow exhibitors to showcase their products in 320 stalls ranging from garments to textiles, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir told a news conference here on ... Delhi: Exhibition by Pakistan faces protest at Pragati Maidan 'Aalishan Pakistan' kicks off; Mahesh Bhatt gives it a thumbs up Aalishan Pakistan arrives in India |
BBC News | Pakistan Lahore mosque collapse death toll rises to 24 BBC News Emergency teams in the Pakistani city of Lahore say they have now recovered 24 bodies from rubble at a mosque a day after its roof collapsed. At least seven others were rescued from the building, and rescuers are still searching debris. The disaster in ... Pakistan toll rises after mosque collapse Pakistan: 24 Killed When Mosque Roof Collapses |
Population, not politics, threatens Pakistan Financial Times While the politicians fight each other in Islamabad for control of Pakistan, they make no mention in their fiery speeches of the real crisis likely to stunt prosperity for generations. According to economists and demographers, the explosion that ... |